Basket-ball game



H. WURTH BASKET.BALL GAME Filed A ril 20, 1926 -2 Sheet's-Sheet 1 JLDOUinvendor. Henry Wurtth,

His Amforney- H. WURTH BASK ET BALL GAME 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 Filed April20, 1926 ln'vsnCori Henry Worth.

Patented Aug. 3, i926.

int-458%? earner QFFICE.

HENRY WUBTH, OF SCHENECTADY, YORK.

BASKET-BALL GAME.

Application filed April 20, 1926. Serial No. 103,351.

Hy invention relates to games, and has for its object the provision of agame played on a game board and patterned after the game of basket ball.

In carrying out my invention in one form I provide a game board on whichis shown in miniature a basket ball court together with variousdesignating positions, and a spinner device arranged to operate oversuitably marked dials whereby the movement of the ball from player toplayer and over the basket ball court is determined. 2

For a more complete understanding of my invention reference should behad to the accompanying drawings in which 1 is a plan view of the fieldof play; 2 is plan view of the playing dials; Fig. 3 is a side elevationview of a spinner device, while Fig. 4 is an elevation view of a manused in playing the game. 2

Referring to the drawing, 1 have shown my invention in one form asapplied to the game of basket ball, although it will be understood thatthe same principles of play are applicable to various other games. Thegame board may be arranged in any suitable manner in one or more parts.As shown the game board comprises two rectangular parts 10 (Fig. 1) and11 (Fig. 2), which it is contemplated will be printed vor otherwiseinscribed on a single board or inscribed on separate boards hingedtogether so that the two parts may be folded together in the manueroften used in checker boards for ex ample. The part 10 Or the game boardhas inscribed thereon a miniature basket ball court 12 provided with theusual foul lines and with a central starting circle 13. On the basketball court are five plain circles which may be designated as white.These white circles, representing one team, are placed in the positionsoccupied by the players at the beginning of an actual basket ball gameand are indicatedby the reference numbers 1 to 5 inclusive. There arealso five stippled circles which may be termed black and these blackcircles, representing the opposing team, are likewise placed in thepositions the players of this team would occupy at the beginning of thebasketball game and are represented by reference numerals 15 inclusive.7 i

The board 10 also has four white out-otbounds positions outside of thecourt 12 which are represented by white circles 14-17 inclusive, andfour black out-of-.bounds positions represented by black circles 18-21in elusive. In the following description it will be understood that theterm white refers to plain spaces white, black refers to stippledspaces.

At opposite ends of the court 12 are suitable score boards 22 and 23 forthe two white and black teams respectively, each comprising a pointer 24which may be moved over a dial to indicate numbers arranged in a circle.

The part 11 of the game board (Fig. 2) is provided with live charts ordials, a central starting dial 25, black playing dials 26 and 27, andwhite playing dials ,28 and 29. A spinner device or indicator 30 (Fig.3) is provided for use with the dials. This spinner device consists of abase member 31 on which a balanced pointer 82 is free to turn. A pin isprovided onthe base 31 and this pin tits in an aperture or recess 34provided in the center of each of the dials. A man 35 (Fig. 4;) is alsoprovided. This man is used to mark the position of the ballon the part10 ofthe board.

lit will be observed that the dials 25-29, in elusive, are each dividedinto sectors, some being plain, i. e., white, and some being stippled,i. e., black. These sectors are appropriately labeled to designate theaction and various events 01 a basket ball game. The dial 25, forexample, is divided into eighteen sectors, nine black and nine white.There are two each, both blackfand white, numbered 2, 3 and L, and oneblack #5 and white #5, also one white foul, one black foul, one whiteout-of-bounds and one black out-of-bounds. It will be noted that thefoul and out-of-bounds sectors are each one half The dial 27 has 32sectors which are lao the size of the other sector which are ofunibelled as follows form size.

The dial 26 has 32 sectors labelled as follows white jump ball 3 1 1 2black 1 2 3 1 out-of'bounds technical foul goal technical foulout-of-bounds Also the dial 26 has 716 peripheral sections 26 which areused in stalling. These sections are of uniform size and they arelabelled as follows: 7

1 black l i 2 C 2 1 (i 1 C 1 white 1 C l (C 3 H 1 C i foul out-of-boundsv The dial 29 has 32 sectors which are labelled approximately thereverse of dial 26 as follows HOOP-OSLOHNHHOONJLO 2 z: z: 2 a a a aout-of-bounds technical foul technical foul V jump ball out-of-boundsAlso the dial 29 has 16 peripheral sections 29 which are used installing.

These sections are of uniform size and they are labelled as folloWs:

1 white #1 out-of-bounds HOOHHMLOLOHHHHPF-LOLOHHH,

jump ball 2 on 1 foul out-of-boun'ds back talk foul holding foul #1 #2out-of-bounds pushing foul goal double foul wmwHHwHwwH I The dial 28also has 32 sectors, but these sectors are labelled approximately thereverse of the sectors of dial 27. are labelled as follows:-

2 on 1 foul out-of-bounds foul tripping holding foul #1 pushing foulgoal jump ball foul'2 on 1 1 Its sectors out-of -bounds Also dial 28 hasout-of-bounds sections 37 around its periphery marked as follows, thewhite sections being circumferentially twice the width of the black:

1 black #1. 1 2 4 2 #4 2 1 white #1 2 C 2 C 1 :4 #4 2 C indicator isnext spun on the white dial 28.

In case the pointer, when spun on-dial 25 stops on a white foul sector,the indicator goes to dial 26, and it it stops on a black foul sectortheindicator goes to dial 29. For example, if the indicator when spun onthe dial 25 stops on black #3, the man 35 is placed on black #3 on thefield of play 10, and the indicator then placed on the black dial 27 Aslong as the indicator stops on black spacesit is spun on dial 21' exceptin case of fouls when it is transferred either to dial 26 or dial 29, aspreviously noted. If the indicator when spun on dial.

27 stops on a white space (other than a foul) it is transferred to dial28. When the indicator stops on an out-ofbounds position on any dial theouter sections 86 or 37, as the case may be, are read on the next spin,the section 36 being used for black out-otbounds and the section 37being used for white out-of-bounds.

Suppose now that the indicator when spun on the black dial 27 stops onwhite 4:, the man'35 is then placed on white 4 of the field oi? play andthe indicator placed on the white dial 28. Should the indicator whenspun on the dial 28 stop on a black sector,

as 5, the man will be placed on black 5 andthe indicator placed. on theblack dial 27 and spun. The ball is transferred from man to man and fromone team to the other in a similar manner when the out-ot-boundssections 36 and 37 are used.

lVhen the pointer stops on a goal sector on either of the dials 27 and28, two points are counted for the side indicated by the color of thesector on which the pointer stops either white or black.- Thescore maybe conveniently recorded on the score boards 22 and 28. If the pointerstops on a goal sector on either of dials 26 and 29 one point iscounted. In all cases when a goal is made the indicator is next spun onthe central dial 255, the game then proceeding as previously described.

lVhen the pointer stops on a jump ball section, the spinner is nexttransferred to the central. dial 25 and spun, the game then proceedingas previously described. Since the spinner goes to the central dialafter stopping on a jump ball, it will be obvious that the jump ballspaces in reality are neither white nor black, although they have beenshown white.

For fouls, if the pointer stops on awhite foul, spin on black foul dial26 reading on the sectors, and if the pointer stops on a black foul spinon the white foul dial 29, reading the sectors.

When either side desires to stall. the remainder of the period of play,the indicator is placed on either dial 26 or 29, as the case may be, andthe pointer read with respect to the circumferential sections 26 or 29or these dials.

The'various markings on the dials are so arranged that the game closelyapproximates an actual basket ball game. It has been observed, forexample, that the sectors or sections are of different sizes and thatcertain markings occur more often than others, all of which is for thepurpose of approximating an actual game.

It will be observed that the starting dial 25 takes the place'of thetossup, the probability then being that one ot the players will get theball, although a foul may occur and the ball may go out-of-bounds. Theblack playing dial 27 and also the black foul dial 26 are made up mostlyof events with the ball retained in the possession of the black teamalthough provision is made I In like manner the white playing possessionof the white team although provision is made for the ball being obtainedby the black team.

It may be helpful to a clear understand ing of the invention to followout in detail a typical game. Assume that the spinner is spun on centraldial 25' stopping on white 2. It is then spun on white dial 28 and assuming it stops on jump ball it is returned to dial 25 and spun again.Since the spinner always goes to the central dial 25 after a jump ball,it will be obvious that the jump ball is neither black nor whit-e,although it has been indicated by white spaces. Assuming the pointer nowstops on black 5, the spinner is next spun on black dial 27. 11"" itstops now on a white foul, such as white back talk foul, it is next spunon white foul dial 29. Supposing the spinner now stops on a white goalon dial 29, one point is counted for the white'team and the spinner nextspun on the central dial 25. Assuming the pointer now stops on whiteout-otbounds, it is next spun on white dial 28, reading the outersegments 37, and if it stops on black 3, it is next spun on black dial27. If it stops now on a black goal, two points are counted for theblackteam and the spinner next spun on tne central dial 25. Let it beassumednow that the spinner stopson a black foul on the dial 25, it isthen next spun on the, black foul dial 26. If it should now stop onwhite black goal, two points are counted for the black team, andjthespinner-next spun on-thecen tral dial 25. During the progress of thegame, the man is moved from player to play-r, as' idieated by thenumbered black and white c rcles on the field of play 12'. Forout-of-bounds positions the out-ot-bounds positions 14421 will be used,the man being placed'on the nearestcircle of the proper color. Forexample, if a foul is made with the ball in the possession of blackplayer Nope, the man 35 would be placed in the black circle 18, and if afoul should occur with the ball in the possession of the white player 4,the man would be placed on the circle 16, As previously: mentioned whenthe time for play is nearly up andthe winning party desires to stalltorthe remaind r of the time, or if either party wishes to stall for anyreason whatever, the spinner, when transterrec in the regularcourse ofthe play to his dial white 29 or may be, may be read outer segments 29or rules previously stated also. W V

i hat I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent of theUnitedStates, is: '1. A basket ball game comprising a game board provided witha field of play with designated positions thereon for the players of twoopposing teams, a chart of the possible events of the game arranged inaccordance with the probabi 'ty of rence, and means cooperating withsaid chart for indicating the occurrence of each event. 2. A basket ballgame comprising game board provided with a field of play with designatedpositions thereon tor the players with respect to the 26 for stalling,the

or" two opposing teams, a playing dial for each team, and indicatingmeans cooperating with said dials-to determine the course of the ball.

V 3. A basket ball same comprising a game boardprovided with a field ofplay with designated positions thereon for the players of two opposingteams, a playing dialior' each team, a foul dial for each team, and

black 26, as the case A applying in this case their 'occurspinner meansused with said dials to determine the course of the ball.

4. A basket ball game comprising a game board provided with a field ofplay with designated positions thereon for the players of two opposingteams, a playing chart for each team having indicated thereon thevarious possible events of the game in the ing chart for each teamand afoul chartfor each team, said charts beingmark'ed with the variouspossible events in the game and said playing charts-being provided without-ot-bounds positions and said foul charts with stalling positions,and means cooperating with said chart for indicating the occurrence ofeach event. I i J 6. A basket ball game comprisinga game board, one partbeing provided with afield of: play, and the other part being'providedwith a plurality of dials'including a starting dial, a playing dial foreach team, and foul dial for each team,'said dials being marked with thevarious possible eventsin the game and said playing dials being providedwith out-otbounds positions andisaid foul dials with stalling,positions, and

spinner means cooperating with said dials for determining the occurrenceof the events.

7. A basket ball game comprising a game board provided with a tieldotplay having designated positions thereon for the players or two opposingteams.v a'playing dial for each team having indicated thereon thevarious possible incidents in the course and disposal of the ball withrespect to the designated position otthe plavers of the field of play, afoul dial for each team having indicated thereon the various possibleincidents in the course and disposal of the ball when a foul occurs andspinner means adapted to be used-with said dials to determine theprogress of the game, said dials being so arranged that the progress ofthe game as determinedby the spinner means closely approximates anactual basket ball game. y

"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this. 19th day ofApril. 1926.

i HENRY VVURTH.

